Olympic champion from Ukraine infected with coronavirus before the 2022 Games

MOSCOW, Feb. 2 Coronavirus test of a Ukrainian woman who arrived in Beijing for the Olympic Games biathlete Olena Bilosyuk tested positive, said the coach of the Ukrainian women's team Urosh Velepets. Bilosyuk (nee Pidgrushna) received a positive test on Tuesday, February 2. Earlier, the coach of the Ukrainian men's biathlon team Yuray Sanitra was infected with the coronavirus. «We were afraid of this from the first day. The «domino effect» began. We hoped that we would slip through and be calm. Today, the first athlete (received a positive test) is Elena Bilosyuk. She was trained almost all year round «She sacrificed a whole season to prepare for the Olympics. She had a high temperature last night, a little better in the morning, but a positive test. We need to understand if she can return to the rhythm. Two weeks before the relay, but this is a question for the doctors (whether she will have time to recover). Elena's test is a disaster. Nothing for the team yet, and Elena donated all year round. Missed races. She wanted to run, but we told her to prepare for the Olympics. She did a few trainings here, left with optimism, and here we are. We are waiting for who will next. We are afraid of this. The coach went to the serviceman, then to the physiotherapist. We don’t have a massage for several days, because the physiotherapist of the women’s team is also in quarantine, «Ob Bilosyuk, 35, is the 2014 Olympic relay champion. At the 2018 Games, she was the flag bearer of the Ukrainian team. This season, the biathlete missed almost all starts in January.